This spring we are facing a real weather rollercoaster and the geopolitical situation still triggers many concerns. I hope that lecture of the new issue of Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy will feed our brains with new research update and bring some quality-relaxing time. In difficult times, we need to strenghten our skills to reinforce our general and mental health. The health- and resilience- oriented perspectives are investigated by Magdalena Gawrych et al. who draw our attention to the role of connectedness and coping strategies in the mental health model. In cases when traumatizing events appear, it is crucial to evoke one’s potential towards recovery and use evidence based treatments in case of negative health outcomes such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been established as one of the methods that can be successfully used in PTSD cases, also with co-occuring borderline personality disorder – for more information read the recent paper by Michałowska and Chęć.